I enjoyed this historical mystery centered around the death of Mozart. The story is told by Mozart's sister Nannerl, who travels to Vienna to learn the true about her brother's suspicious death. The book has a wonderful sense of place, all the characters are engaging and it is full of Mozart's mu...
As implausible as it sounds Omar Yussef is a man in the middle of an awful situation that you want to meet. Spend some time with. Drink some sa'ada coffee. Talk to about his Bethlehem. Omar brings a unique perspective to murder, to power games and to fanaticism whilst simultaneously providing a h...
Violent Mediterranean sunlight striped the main ward of the hospital through the high windows. Here the best and worst of the knights’ pastimes were banned. There was neither gambling nor reading aloud. But for the groans of the dying and the ramblings of the delirious, the long ward was silent. ...
I whispered a prayer for my brother and hummed one of his arias. Across the broad square, the monumental limestone of the Imperial Library shone in the crisp midday sunlight. My pulse sharpened, the old kick of excitement that used to come over me as a child whenever I entered a palace. I whistle...